Risk of death after first admission for cardiovascular diseases by country of birth in The Netherlands: A nationwide record-linked retrospective cohort study

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 747-753

  Agyemang, C ^a   Vaartjes, I ^b   Bots, M L ^b   Van Valkengoed, I G ^a   De Munter, J S ^a   De Bruin, A ^c   Van Sijl, M Berger ^c   Reitsma, J B ^d   Stronks, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 65549098123     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.159285     Document Type: Article

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